Jonnie Rester Williams

Jonnie Rester Williams, 88, former manager of Maury Regional Hospital Coffee Shop, died Thursday, October 14, 2010 at her residence on Cayce Valley Drive. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at White Funeral Home, 315 Highway 11 South, Poplarville, Mississippi. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 10 - 11 A.M. at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Juniper Grove Cemetery in Poplarville, Mississippi. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with local announcements. Memorials may be made to Pleasant Heights Church, 2712 Trotwood Avenue, Columbia, TN 38401, Hospice Compassus, 1412 Trotwood Avenue, Columbia, TN 38401, Hickory Springs Missionary Baptist Church, 1082 Silver Run Road, Poplarville, MS 39470 or Juniper Grove Baptist Church, 289 Juniper Grove Road, Poplarville, MS 39470. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. A native of Pearl River County, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late John Alvin Rester and Cora Alma Smith Rester. On December 20, 1944, she married James Benjamin Williams who preceded her in death on May 24, 2010. Mrs. Williams was employed as secretary for the FBI in the 1940's. She was a member of Pleasant Heights Baptist Church. Survivors include one daughter, Carolyn Williams of Columbia; one son, J. Ben Williams and his partner, Lynne Swenson of Sherborn, Massachusetts; special friends and caregivers, Christy Vanvolkinburg, Linda Davis, and Amanda Lewis; sister-in-law, Maris Rester of Poplarville, Mississippi; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one sister, Gertrue Breland and two brothers, Heber Rester and Carl Rester.